Thanks, Chuck. I have even had a few that appeared to be sent by me to me.
It's kind of hard to blacklist my own address. :~((
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chuck Norcutt" <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2012 2:48 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] Miscellaneous Junk Mail
> Although I get some number of spam messages every day I haven't seen
> anything like that. But I'm not on the LUG list so maybe that is key.
> But I'll keep watching.
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
>
> On 6/19/2012 12:11 PM, Jim Nichols wrote:
>> A friend who, like me, participates in both the LUG and OM lists,
>> notified me this morning that he received a commercial mailing from
>> The Netherlands which showed me as the sender.
>>
>> I can picture several scenarios. Since both his name and mine
>> probably show up in the contact files of dozens of list members, the
>> source listing could have been harvested from any of us. The routine
>> could just use address "A" to send their material to address "B".
>> Or, if my address book has been harvested, they could use my address
>> as sender, and send their message material to everyone in my address
>> book. I have no way of knowing what the scheme is, or where it
>> originated.
>>
>> If other list members are receiving unwanted email using my name or
>> address as the sender, please let me know. It might help me
>> understand what is taking place.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA
>>
>
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